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| City | Organization | Website/Location | Opportunity | Contact |
| Washington DC | National Union of Jewish LGBTQQI Students | http://www.nujlsonline.org | Making phone calls to support our annual conference (publicity and fundraising) | Vinny Prell (202) 449-6647 info@nujlsonline.org |
| District of Columbia | Atticus Circle | http://www.atticuscircle.org/daywithoutagay/ | Atticus Circle is encouraging the LGBT and Straight community to write at least one straight friend, neighbor, or co-worker to take a stand for LGBT equality. Visit our website to view a sample letter, and learn more! | info@atticuscircle.org |
| Dupont Circle | National Women's Law Center | www.nwlc.org 11 Dupont Circle NW Suite 800 | Outreach and communications support (and possible additional tasks) | action@nwlc.org |
| Columbia Heights | Northwest Columbia Heights Community Association | www.nwchca.org 1524 Ogden St NW | Graphic design, website design, phone banking, door-to-door flyer distribution, holiday party planning advice.Venue advice (low cost). Review & give editorial comments on a report (just 6 pages long). | Cecilia Jones cecilia.a.jones@gmail.com 202-299-7868 (cell) |
| Anacostia/Southeast (Wards 7 & 8) | DC Area Health Education Center (DC AHEC) | www.dcahec.org 1310 Southern Avenue SE, #G-26 (within United Medical Center - formerly Greater Southeast Hospital) | General office support, contact media outlets about an upcoming health education event (breast and endometrial cancers, chronic diseases), support the outreach team by distributing fliers in the community) | Kim L.E. Bell kbell@dcahec.org 202/574.6994 (ask forJaki) |
| All districts | Everyone | Give blood. | GIVE BLOOD! Or at least try.... Did you know that it is illegal for gay males to give blood?At any time there seems to be a blood shortage throughout the United States. Hospitals desperately await blood and bone marrow from donors with specific blood types. More oftenthan not, a donation could end up saving the life of an adult or child in desperate need. As you can imagine, many factors need to be considered before a suitable match can be found for a person in need, the most crucial being compatible blood types.Donors of rare blood typesare increasingly difficult to find, prolonging the search and increasing the chance ofa patient's death. What if a donorwith arare blood type happens to be gay?In responseto the AIDS crisis of the 1980's the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 from giving blood.This 1985 provision argued that men who have sex with other men are at higher riskofcontracting and transmitting HIV and hepatitis, posing a health risk to potential recipients. Thus, even with a needed rare blood type, gaymen are prohibited from donating blood.What if a terminally ill patient is in need of a specific blood type and there is a gay man willing to be a donor?Due to the 1985 ban on gay blood donors, the patient in need would continue to wait for another suitable match, risking death. Unfortunately, the patient is not informed if a gay donor has been found and does not have the opportunity to decide if they are willing to accept the health risk. Is the ban based on medical fact or homophobia? The Case Against: Banning Gay Donors is Prejudice!Gay advocate Peter Tatchell states that the ban on gay blood donors "is based on the assumption that all homosexual and bisexual men are 'high risk' for HIV." and that the "policy seems to reflect homophobic prejudices, not medical facts." Othersargue that by excluding any man who has had sex with another man since 1977 proves the homophobic nature of the policy. The quality and timeliness ofHIV and AIDS evaluations has improved dramatically, producing results within days or even minutes. Since most blood transfusions require weeks of preparation there is ample time to re-test as a precaution. The policy also virtually ignores the health risk posed by heterosexual donors who've been exposed to HIV or AIDS. Every healthy and responsible person should give blood. Be truthful when you fill out the questionnaire prior to giving. (info about the legality of gays giving blood reposted from: http://gaylife.about.com) | Google your local blood center. Repost this opportunity to your home state. |
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